Students Duped

• Two held for cheating students of lakhs of rupees

  Two persons were arrested on charges of cheating students of lakhs of rupees on the promise of getting seats in professional colleges, police said on Saturday.   The students had complained that they have been cheated to the tune of Rs five lakh and Rs 18.5 lakh respectively by Sivaprakasam and Rajesh who had promised to get them seats in...

• Institute manager absconds with students' fees

  The Malleswaram police are on the look out for the fraudulent manager of a computer centre accused of decamping with students' fees amounting to Rs 8 lakh. The Indian Computer Academy (ICA) of Kolkata had opened a branch in Malleswaram two years ago and appointed a manager called Mahesh to manage the centre.Everything was fine until students of the...

• Lured by lottery prize, student duped of Rs 11,000

  The next time you get a call from a mobile service provider, be wary.There is a flood of complaints from customers saying that they have been receiving calls from representatives declaring that they have won a lottery. However, to receive the money, they have to pay some amount of money as a recharge on the phone. When you do so, it is too lat...

• Gang promising easy educational loans busted

  Five women were among eight youths arrested in the national capital for allegedly cheating at least 500 students of over Rs one crore by promising them educational loans, police said on Sunday.The racket was allegedly led by 24-year-old Varun Sardhana, a former employee of a multinational bank, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Neeraj Thaku...